CVE-2018-0501

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.010 · 61 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.95% (61st) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.05.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-347USprimary

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a APT 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3≤ APT 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3enisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 18.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian advanced package tool1.6.0 → 1.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian advanced package tool= 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-08-21modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://mirror.fail cnnvd
https://wiki.debian.org/AptPatchcnnvd
https://mirror.fail enisa_euvd
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec enisa_euvd
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47 enisa_euvd
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3746-1/enisa_euvd
https://mirror.failThird Party AdvisoryURL Repurposednvd
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ecPatchThird Party Advisorynvd

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